Crunchy

Reading the post about downrigger balls got me to remember....I lost a shark last week! I guess I had a kink in my cable, as it snapped at the surface, and watched it sink to 147feet on my fish finder. I am leaving Ottawa heading to Manitoulin this week. Heading down the 17 all the way through North bay, sudbury, espanola....you get the idea. Any place on the way that has a decent price on these? I am using my 8lb backup sphere right now...and would like to replace my lost 10lb shark.

Wow! For a couple grand more you can get yourself into a Lund with at least a 60 on it! Last winter when I was pricing out my purchase, a Legend xtreme with a 60hp 4st with basic accessories on it was more expensive than a bigger Lund with a 90hp 4st on it, with pimped out accessories.

Never heard of the second 2 but my mevotech upper control arms and ball joints have lasted longer then the MOOG's I had on my truck before. Go figure. I'd buy mevo again.

I got 2 mag 5's in May....I have maybe 150 hours on them so far. I got them cause my old man used cannons for over 20 years and has never had an issue with their "old" technology. The 250 ft/minute retrieval rate is so darn fast compared to their old technology. They have a feature where they stop at the water line automatically. They stop so fast that they bounce a good 6-8 inches, which puts alot of strain on the cable. I went over a wave just as the rigger stopped, so the ball was out of the water when it bounced....and the cable snapped. Lost a 10 pound ball last week when that happened. Watched my fish finder and saw the ball drop all they way to 147 feet down, as I stared at my wallet (terminator kit: $25, new cable isolators which don't come in the terminator kit which require a special order for the auto stop to work: $20 from bay distributors, new line release: $10, and a new 10lb shark ball at $60) The pulley system on the end sucks compared to their old models...if there is slack in the line when you bring in the cable, the cable has a tendancy to come off the pulley, requiring you to remove 5 screws to disassemble the pulley head to get the cable back in the track. I keep a philips screwdriver in the boat just for this reason. Other than that they are excellent riggers. I would not get the telescopic arm unless you need the spread. I would have bought scotties if I had the time over. Want to buy mine so I can go get the scotties (I am in Ottawa also)?

Ditto. I have a very high efficiency (and high $) impact, and it can barely get by with 5cfm....my 30gallon 3hp is the minimum I can use it with. Found my compressor on kijiji ,about 15 years old....for $40.

JULY 21st 2012